Are you afraid of damaging the reputation of this king, it is true that you are trying to make this king lose face.

Zhu Gongyu scolded in his heart.

At this time, how could Zhu Gongqi admit that he was also involved in the matter of private salt, he didn't look at the group of people kneeling in the hall and waved his hand:

"At this time, Gu didn't know at all, there must be thieves pretending to be the name of the king, and the Fu army could send these people to the army to set the record straight."

Liu Ximing sneered in his heart, Zhu Gongfang is still playing other ideas, what is the use of filling the army and distributing it, sooner or later, it is not that you will be quietly rescued.

Thinking of Chongzhen's suspicious character, a sinister smile rose in Liu Ximing's heart.

He immediately shook his head and answered: "Since the prince said that these people have nothing to do with the palace, then the official will deal with it himself, these thieves dare to insult the prestige of the prince, where can the army be charged." ”

"Come on, drag these dog thieves down, bring them back to the yamen and kill them directly."

"You", Zhu Gongyu's face froze, obviously he didn't expect Liu Ximing to be so decisive.

"Why should the army be so strong, don't you know that it is easy to break if you are rigid? Besides, although these people are thieves, they should also be reported to the yamen of the Criminal Department before they can be dealt with, how can they be directly executed in such a child's play? ”

Liu Ximing pretended not to understand, took the tea and covered up his smile: "In troubled times, you should use heavy codes, when you come, Your Majesty has allowed me to give full authority to make decisions, and now the epidemic prevention in the province is a big matter, and these people don't have to delay it anymore." ”

Li Biao and a few other sergeants in charge of guarding immediately dragged the guards of the Zhou Palace.

"The prince save me", the cries of these people being dragged away spread throughout the front yard of the palace, causing a group of palace maids to hide their faces and couldn't bear it.

Zhu Gongqi held back his anger, picked up the teacup and put it down, didn't even say a word of "sending off", and turned around and went back to the inner courtyard by himself.

Liu Xi's goal had been achieved, and he didn't want to stay too long, so he left the Zhou Mansion with a big laugh.

This scene quickly evolved into Liu Ximing's falling out with Zhou Wangfu in the mouths of Henan officials, and was put on Chongzhen's desk.

Contrary to what everyone thought, the more critical the dynasty was, the more wary the emperor was of his relatives.

Therefore, Liu Ximing's move to return to the Zhou Palace, not only did not make him fall out of favor, but made Chongzhen trust him a little more.

Through these incidents, officials in Henan and other places have become more and more aware that this new Amber and the governor of the Central Plains is not only the head iron, but also the key is that the background is too hard.

The most annoying thing is that Liu Ximing only has to bear the responsibility of epidemic prevention, and does not have to bear the civil affairs problems like Yang Yipeng, the governor of Henan.

Therefore, in the past, officials often used this trick of yin and yang to violate Liu Ximing, there was nothing they could do about it, so they had to watch him occupy the salt market with strong troops.

Liu Ximing's actions were one after another, and after the establishment of this set of teams of the Salt Envoy Division, the epidemic prevention work was also promoted on this basis.

In Dengzhou Prefecture, Liu Ximing once again ushered in a group of his own family.

"Brother!"

Liu Xi, who was still waiting at the Changting Pavilion outside the city, suddenly heard the voice of his fourth brother Liu Xi'an.

By the time he got up in surprise, two tall figures had already galloped out of a large group of people in advance.

It was Liu Xi'an and Liu Xixian who came from Sichuan all the way.

"Hahaha, the third, the fourth, the stinky boy, it's really an adult."

Liu Ximing, who was happy to welcome his two younger brothers, was a black tiger when he saw the two of them, and the three brothers fought together, as if they were in the village.

After two years of not seeing each other, Liu Xixian and Liu Xi'an have become more and more mature, and the two brothers have turned eighteen this year, which is the time of youth.

The Liu family is now dominant, his brothers have enough food and drink all day long, and Wang Hong, the head of the Liu family, and others are boiling their bodies, and they are already tall and strong at this time.

"Brother, I haven't seen you for three years, I want to wait for me, my mother is talking about you at home every day, and several sisters-in-law are also worried about you day and night, don't you know, a few little nephews are also more and more watery, and it's fun on weekdays......"

Although I haven't seen each other for a few years, the temperament of the third and fourth is still the same as Liu Ximing's impression.

The third Liu Xixian has a calm personality, and the fourth Liu Xi'an is outgoing and cheerful.

After only meeting for a while, Liu Xi'an pulled his brother to talk about things at home.

Liu Ximing smiled and signaled to Gu Nan, the manager of the infirmary, and the others who came over together, while also listening carefully to the movements at home.

Often in a foreign land as a stranger, in the past few years, Liu Ximing has more experience of why the ancients were so sad.

The road is long and inconvenient, and people like Liu Ximing who go out to be an official will not be able to return home for several years as soon as they leave.

Especially in the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Xie Chunxi and other four daughters gave birth to Lin'er, and in the past few years, Liu Ximing, the father, has not been able to meet each other, which makes him feel even more regretful.

Liu Xi's three sons and two daughters were given by him according to the seniority of the family, Liu Jiashan, Liu Jiayou, Liu Jiaheng, Liu Jiawei and Liu Jiayu, all of whom should be two years old this year.

This year, daughters are generally not in the rankings, but Liu Ximing naturally can't care about these.

From Liu Xi'an's words, Liu Ximing learned that everything was fine at home, his mother was in good health, and his wives were fine.

At the same time, because Gu Nan and others in the medical department vigorously promoted medical progress under the guidance of Liu Ximing, the survival rate of newborns in the Liu family also skyrocketed.

In fact, the main reason why life expectancy was so low in ancient times was that the neonatal mortality rate was too high, which led to a significant reduction in life expectancy.

It was only when he talked about Liu Ximing's station that Liu Xi'an stopped his mouth unsatisfied.

In the main hall of the Central Plains governor's residence, Liu Ximing finally asked Liu Xixian: "How have you two read books in the past few years?" ”

Liu Xixian sat upright with a glance, "All of them are in accordance with the instructions of the second brother, and they are already familiar with mathematics and gewu in addition to the four books and the five classics." ”

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Liu Xixian hesitated and said: "It's just that the second brother's letter has always forbade me to participate in the imperial examination, and my mother and I are a little puzzled. ”

Gu Nan and the others, who were called over together, also looked up at Liu Ximing, which was also a strange thing about everyone in the Liu family.

Liu Xixian's two brothers are both 18 years old, but they haven't even participated in the county exam, which is really a bit unspeakable.

Looking at the expressions of everyone in the room, Liu Ximing stroked his beard and smiled.

He smiled at Liu Xixian and Liu Xi'an: "What, but do you complain in your heart about being a brother?" ”

Without waiting for the two brothers to explain, Liu Ximing said in a condensed voice:

"The reason why I did this is very simple, I don't want my brother to be Zhu Ming's minister."

"Huh? ~~”

Liu Xixian and the others were speechless.

Liu Ximing explained again: "At present, Zhu Ming's loss of the country is a foregone conclusion, and the Central Plains Liukou will soon be completely out of control. ”

"Such a scene, I have to wait to turn the tide, but my brother thinks that although Zhu Ming has lost his morality, Hongwu inherited the old customs of Yuan and Mongolia, which is not my Chinese orthodoxy, but after all, he expelled the Tartars, and he also made great contributions in China."

"Therefore, if my brother does not want to see Zhu Ming's heir, he will have to preserve the bloodline of His Majesty today. If you two are not for the imperial examination, you are not considered to be the ministers of the Ming Dynasty, and you will have to deal with these things in the future. ”

That's right, Zhu Yuanzhang actually inherited most of the old systems of the Yuan Dynasty, which basically had little to do with the Song Dynasty, especially the artisan household system and the untouchable system, which was the stench inheritance of the system of Meng Yuansi and others.

However, in Liu Ximing's view, just expelling the Meng Yuan and partially overthrowing the fourth-class caste system of the Mongols is already a great merit, otherwise the land of China will become like a San, and the sons and daughters of China will be enslaved by foreign races forever.

From this point of view, Zhu Ming will not be extinct.

At this moment, even Liu Xixian, who has always been calm, couldn't sit still.

His brother thought about it so long-term, and he was often puzzled by himself and others, but now it seems that he is really a frog at the bottom of the well.

Liu Xixian immediately took Liu Xi'an up and bowed: "I don't know my brother's deep meaning, I'm ashamed." ”

Gu Nan and the others also got up and sighed: "The young master is far-sighted, I can't wait." ”

Dou Yuquan further explained to the rest of the Liu family: "In ancient times, it was very rare to be able to preserve the bloodline, and now Brother Wujiang does not want to destroy Zhu Ming's heir, this is the wind of the Lord of Sincerity, and the hearts of the people in the world will definitely belong to it at that time." ”

The high-level leaders of the Liu family already knew about the affairs of Luzon, so naturally there was not much to shy away from at this time.

If it is said that Liu Ximing, a literati such as Chen Zilong, still has to hide a hand, then just like Gu Nan and others are confidants, they are not afraid that they will do anything unfavorable to the Liu family under the binding of interests.